Associate UX Designer

Jobtailor; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Austin is seeking a junior UX Designer to support the design process from concept to delivery of web-based software under guidance from senior designers.

You will conduct user research, analyze findings, and translate them into actionable design insights, building artifacts like personas and wireframes. You will present solutions to stakeholders and collaborate with product managers, developers, and other team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• Portfolio showcasing strong visual design and user-centered design principles.
• Experience with user research, prototyping and visual design tools such as Figma, FigJam, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to design solutions for end-to-end scenarios and communicate design processes.

Responsibilities

• Support UX design processes from concept to delivery under guidance of senior UX Designers.
• Assist project teams in designing new web-based software throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Conduct user research including interviews, surveys, usability tests, and competitive analysis.
• Analyze research and analytics data and translate findings into actionable design insights.
• Present design concepts to teams and stakeholders and incorporate feedback.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure user-centered designs aligned with project goals.
• Refine designs based on stakeholder feedback and design reviews.
• Produce design artifacts including personas, wireframes, prototypes, and engineering-ready assets.

Skills

User Research

Visual Design

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Figma

FigJam

Figma Make

Replit

Adobe Creative Suite

Optimal Workshop

User Interview

Job description

• Support user experience design processes from concept to delivery under the guidance of senior UX Designers.
• Assist project teams in designing new web-based software throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Conduct user research, including interviews, surveys, usability tests, and competitive analysis.
• Analyze research and analytics data and translate findings into actionable design insights.
• Present design concepts and solutions to teams and stakeholders and incorporate feedback.
• Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, developers, and other team members to ensure feasible, user-centered designs aligned with project goals.
• Refine designs based on stakeholder feedback, usability testing, and design reviews.
• Produce design artifacts including mental models, personas, workflow diagrams, glossaries, site maps, wireframes, prototypes, test scripts, pixel-perfect mockups, engineering-ready assets, and surveys.
• Build relationships with multiple product teams and contribute to an open, creative, dynamic, and productive atmosphere.
• Justify design decisions using contemporary user-centered design methodologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 0-2 years of related industry experience.
• A portfolio showcasing strong visual design skill and an understanding of user centered design principles.
• Experience with a variety of user research, prototyping and visual design tools, including Figma, FigJam, Figma Make, Replit, Adobe Creative Suite, Optimal Workshop, and User Interview.
• Good understanding of how to design solutions for end-to-end scenarios.
• Ability to know when and how to use various tools and persuade others about your design process.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skill.
• Foundational knowledge of standard user-centered design and user research techniques, including problem framing, understanding users and context, interviewing, ideation and iteration, usability testing, and measuring success.
• Proficient communication of process, design ideas, and research findings in varied settings and to varied audiences.
• Openness to feedback and iteration, and ability to adjust to changing project requirements.
• Problem-solving, curiosity, proactivity, collaboration, and continuous growth mindset.
• Where applicable, fluency in English and languages relevant to the working market.
• Ability to sit, speak, and operate a telephone and/or computer for long periods.
• Ability to handle pressure, stressful conditions, and conflict resolution.
• Ability to work day, evening, and/or weekend hours as needed.
• Ability to stand, walk, climb, kneel, crouch, and bend over for work at office premises and office events.
• Regular attendance in the office.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong visual design skills and a solid understanding of user-centered design principles, with experience in user research and prototyping. Capable of collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centered designs and justify design decisions using contemporary methodologies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• User Research Techniques
• Prototyping Tools
• Visual Design Skills
• Figma Proficiency
• Communication Skills

Hard Skills

• User-Centered Design
• Usability Testing
• Design Artifacts Production
• Competitive Analysis
• Data Analysis

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving
• Collaboration
• Openness to Feedback
• Curiosity
• Proactivity

Industry Keywords

• User Experience Design
• Product Development Lifecycle
• Design Iteration
• Stakeholder Feedback
• End-to-End Design Solutions

Tools & Technologies

• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Optimal Workshop
• User Interview
• FigJam